worrywort
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No worries if I don't get any replies. I just have a little personal problem that's bothering me and thought I'd throw it out there.
I'm in a tricky situation and I'm not sure what to do. I'm a cleaner at a school. There are 4 cleaners in total. The old caretaker of the school used to assume all the supervisor responsibilities voluntarily, but since he's retired the new caretaker doesn't want those responsibilities, and so there are a bunch of problems that need sorting and nobody wants to sort them [namely certain cleaners needing discipline for not doing their job properly]. The tricky part for me is that I feel like there is pressure on me to assume the supervisor responsibilities [particularly from the new caretaker], as I'm the most experienced cleaner, and I'm feeling very conflicted over what the right thing to do is. Personally, I don't want the extra responsibility, even if they were to pay me more, I'd rather not be the supervisor. I like to keep my life as simple and easy as possible. But I'm worried I'm being too selfish in refusing to babysit the other cleaners.
We, as cleaners, don't work for the school. We work for a cleaning company that was hired by the school, so I can see why the new caretaker doesn't consider it his responsibility to check all the cleaners are doing their job properly. Personally I think the cleaning company should send somebody to check in every couple of weeks to supervise and inspect, etc, but we've asked them that many times and they don't seem to ever show up.
I'm not sure what to do. Basically, there's one cleaner in particular who's not doing his job properly. He's a young guy, but he keeps skipping area's and leaving early, and the caretaker keeps moaning to me about it and subtly pressuring me to confront this young guy and sort him out, but I don't want to. Am I entitled to say no? Or am I being selfish? Would it be the nicer thing to do try to sort this young guy out? Or should I stand my ground?
I'm in a tricky situation and I'm not sure what to do. I'm a cleaner at a school. There are 4 cleaners in total. The old caretaker of the school used to assume all the supervisor responsibilities voluntarily, but since he's retired the new caretaker doesn't want those responsibilities, and so there are a bunch of problems that need sorting and nobody wants to sort them [namely certain cleaners needing discipline for not doing their job properly]. The tricky part for me is that I feel like there is pressure on me to assume the supervisor responsibilities [particularly from the new caretaker], as I'm the most experienced cleaner, and I'm feeling very conflicted over what the right thing to do is. Personally, I don't want the extra responsibility, even if they were to pay me more, I'd rather not be the supervisor. I like to keep my life as simple and easy as possible. But I'm worried I'm being too selfish in refusing to babysit the other cleaners.
We, as cleaners, don't work for the school. We work for a cleaning company that was hired by the school, so I can see why the new caretaker doesn't consider it his responsibility to check all the cleaners are doing their job properly. Personally I think the cleaning company should send somebody to check in every couple of weeks to supervise and inspect, etc, but we've asked them that many times and they don't seem to ever show up.
I'm not sure what to do. Basically, there's one cleaner in particular who's not doing his job properly. He's a young guy, but he keeps skipping area's and leaving early, and the caretaker keeps moaning to me about it and subtly pressuring me to confront this young guy and sort him out, but I don't want to. Am I entitled to say no? Or am I being selfish? Would it be the nicer thing to do try to sort this young guy out? Or should I stand my ground?